2.Effects of parents’ social class on children’s life chances
3.Reproduction of class structure: members of each new generation tend to reproduce the
5.Cultural explanations of reproduction of poverty: the values, beliefs, and behavioral
6.Culture of poverty: coined by Oscar Lewis; "tends to perpetuate itself from generation to
society
8.Wealth: total value of assets owned by an individual or family group, minus the amount
9.Social stratification: people in high-ranking groups tend to get larger shares than people
10.Structural explanations of reproduction of class system: it is much more appropriate to
11.Structural explanations of poverty: it is not their culture but the lack of opportunities open
12.Structure of opportunities: more people in high-ranking go to college than those in
13.Pygmalion effect: experiment in school to test whether teachers expectations influenced
14.Tracking:tracking students and categorizing them by perceived aptitude
